He was born Feb. 14, 1912, in Oklahoma. He married Doris Vaughan on March 7, 1939, in Floydada. He moved to Ralls in 1951 from Liberty Hill. He was a post office employee, a charter member of the Ralls Lions Club and a member of Ralls First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Juanell Carter of Conroe and Sisty Cypert of Ralls; five grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.